galligaskins
galligaskins
Definition
gal·li·gas·kins (gal′i gas′kinz)
plural noun
- loosely fitting breeches worn in the 16th and 17th cent.: later applied humorously to any loose breeches
- Brit., Dialectal leggings or gaiters
Etymology: altered < Fr garguesque < OFr greguesque < It grechesca < Grechesca, Grecian (hence, orig., “Grecian breeches”)
Browse dictionary entries near galligaskins
- Gallicizing
- Gallicized
- Gallicize
- Gallicism
- Gallicanism
- Gallican
- gallic acid
- gallic
- galliard
- Gallia
- gallimaufries
- gallimaufry
- gallinacean
- gallinaceous
- galling
- gallingly
- gallinipper
- gallinule
- galliot
- Gallipoli
